Reborn Dragon Vein Warlock, Genius Beauty Mage

Stewart's Territory, Castleton Bell Village.

Several adventurers were stopped by the militiamen as soon as they reached the gate: "Stop, the captain has an order, you can't leave."

One of the leaders asked loudly: "Why don't you let us leave?"

The militiaman replied: "This is the captain's order. You can ask him later."

These adventurers showed uneasy expressions, but they did not dare to break through. As a professional, it was easy to defeat the two militiamen guarding the gate, but the archers on the guard towers on both sides were obviously well prepared, and the bows and arrows were not so easy to dodge. Besides, this is Earl Stewart's territory, and they don't dare to do anything excessive.

After a while, not only the village chief and militia captain came with people, but also the village pastor.

The village chief stepped forward and said directly: "Open your backpack."

Although several adventurers were somewhat reluctant, they had no way to deny it at this time, so they had no choice but to open their backpacks as instructed, and immediately revealed that they were full of tightly packed black bread. Each of them carried more than two dozen pieces of black bread. Ten items.

The village chief pointed to the backpack and said: "You have violated the earl's prohibition against buying and selling grain privately. Now you will be punished and the bread will be confiscated. Do you have any objections?"

"No."

At the current price of grain, it cost a lot to buy these black breads, and their hearts were bleeding when they were all confiscated. But there is nothing I can do. Didn’t you see that the priests are here? If you have any opinions, you will be killed on the spot. It will be a waste.

Each man was given two loaves of black bread as food for the journey, and the remainder was taken away by the militiamen.

The village chief waved his hand and said, "You can go."

They thought they were doing it covertly, but there was no way they could hide it from the villagers. The reason why they were not stopped during the transaction was because it did not violate the ban if they bought food and ate it while living in the village. After all, foreign adventurers also had to eat, but it was not allowed to take out more than two loaves of bread.

After dealing with these adventurers, the village chief took people to the hotel in the village.

The hotel was nothing more than a two-story house, with a few tables in the lobby on the first floor, a kitchen and the owner's quarters at the back, and four rooms on the second floor.

As an ordinary village, there are not many outsiders, so the livelihood mainly depends on farming, but entertaining outsiders is an extra income.

The village chief led someone to open the door and walked in. After finding the shopkeeper, he said, "Toca, you violated the Earl's prohibition by selling grain to adventurers privately. You will be punished and the money from selling the grain will be confiscated."

When Toca saw the black bread in the hands of the militiamen at the back, he knew that the matter was exposed. The priest's denial had no effect, so he had to go back to the room and get the money.

"Starting today, you are no longer allowed to open a hotel."

Toca cannot open an inn and can only be an ordinary farmer, and his future income will be greatly reduced. This punishment is not light.

Everyone knew that food was valuable at this time, and the adventurers wanted to take some with them to resell when they left, so they approached Toca as the store owner. Because he could not withstand the temptation of gold coins, Toca sold them some black bread. However, he was discovered and reported to the village chief, who was punished.

Rennes City, Tulip Chamber of Commerce branch.

Several city guard soldiers dragged five people wearing Chamber of Commerce uniforms out of the house.

The fat man in front saw Harland Coy, the head of the Chamber of Commerce, standing in the yard, and shouted: "Master Harland, I was wrong! I was wrong! Spare me!"

Others also followed suit and shouted.

Harland took one look and said disgustedly: "Shut their mouths!"

The soldiers nearby tore strips of cloth from several people's clothes and stuffed them in, and they could only moan.

Harland ordered again: "Call everyone here."

After a while, the entire branch, from the management to the slaves carrying bags, all came to the yard.

"Sir, everyone is here."

Harland nodded, stood on a nearby wooden box and said loudly: "I have told you many times that the Chamber of Commerce strictly prohibits private reselling of grain. The five of them colluded and concealed a thousand dollars when purchasing grain from Rangze Village. Jin, since some people dare not listen, don’t blame me for being rude."

Then he turned back and said: "Knight Laurent, Priest Docani, please."

When everyone in the yard saw the knight and priest coming, they all talked in low voices. The crowd became a little commotion, and the five people who were caught struggled even harder.

Pastor Dokani stepped forward and cast a magical "Detect Lie" spell, took off the cloth that blocked the fat man's mouth and asked: "Your Majesty, the great God of Order, have you violated the rules of the Chamber of Commerce and resold food privately?"

The fat man didn't dare to answer, but kept begging for mercy. Pastor Dokani didn't talk nonsense to him and turned to ask other people. Maybe they were all fat men who had learned the lesson, but the remaining four people were also begging for mercy but didn't answer.

The pastor's inquiry is just a formality, and it doesn't matter whether he answers or not.

Pastor Dokany turned his head and glanced at Knight Laurent. The other party immediately understood. He strode forward and kicked their legs off immediately, and then ordered: "Execution!"

After hearing the order, the soldier drew his whip and whipped the five people who were rolling and wailing on the ground. There was no movement after a while, and he was beaten to death.

Harland pointed to the corpse on the ground and said loudly: "This is the consequence of breaking the rules."

When the people below saw this scene, they all lowered their heads and dared not speak. If they committed any crime, they would be beaten to death. This was a huge deterrent.

These five people are freemen. Harland is the head of the Chamber of Commerce and can punish them, but if they want to be executed, they must be reviewed by a priest and executed by a knight or soldier representing the lord.

Haaland did this because he was scared too.

Yesterday, the Earl suddenly looked for himself, took out a piece of parchment and threw it over. Seeing what was written above about several people from the Rennes City branch secretly selling grain, Harland was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground.

The earl has strictly prohibited the private sale of grain, and now within a few days someone has been found to have violated it. I wonder what the earl will do with him.

Harland was really scared, but Christine didn't make things difficult for him. There are laws in the territory, and everything is done according to the rules. In the end, he was whipped ten times and fined ten gold coins.

Regardless of the pain in his back, Haaland rushed to Rennes City early the next morning. This time, the earl was magnanimous, but if this happened a second time, it would definitely be his death. So they invited knights and priests to execute the five criminals.